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It´s been 5 weeks since I dont´t pick anymore, it´s strange because I never suffered about it, It´s like I´m not the one who did this, I picked and harmed my fingers for 18 years, never thought I would stop!
First I said “this is the end”, then I put the lotion and wait, after two days they were better and I feel proud about it, my friends, boyfriend and family encouraged me too.
I don´t know how to help you but If I think I dont need to do this anymore, you can do it too.

I think I´m healed now, I mean mentally, the habit it´s going away. My finger are still awful and my nails are very short but I feel them different, the don´t look like red sausages anymore.

This time I realize that what I have it´s not just a bad habit, it´s a compulsive-obssesive disorder, similar to the habit of eating your hair, and I didn´t want to have that disorder, I don´t feel like a compulsive-obssesive person, and don´t need to take any medicines to stop anxiety or similar so, I decided to stop.

There are more people writting about this here: http://www.43things.com/things/view/64725

After 14 days not picking my fingers are still red and swollen, but so much better. You can imagine how bad they were.